The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 17, 2197
Waxing Crescent
21.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:36 AM
10:27 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.7%
- Age
- 4.1 days
- Distance
- 365,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3397
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 55.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.4° / 109.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 09m / -12.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 200.65° / -4.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.45° / 6.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 126.09° / -1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.